I have a 2-part series of very nice books published in 2003 by Sitepoint. Labeled as "PHP 5 Ready" and entitled: "The PHP Anthology - Object Oriented PHP Solutions, Vols I and II"
File handling, images, email, error handling and more; every project executed step by step with classes only. I am not vouchsafing that these examples are secure or the utlimate in best practice (that you must explore on your own), but certainly a good starting point and I have not found anything else that took you right into classes explaining precisely by simple example without 250+ pages of abstract explanantion (though in the long run you will absolutley positively definitely need one such full-on abstract tome also). I have found in my own experience (in VB, VBScript, ASP, PHP, XML, SQL, JavaScript, etc.), that every time you learn something and the author hints that technically there is actually a more obscure, more difficult to comprehend and harder to execute, more exacting technique that handles more exceptions and degrades gracefully -- that the moment you get invovled in even the most trivial commercial project you will instantly discover that you absolutley must employ that more arcane, more difficult programming technique to successfully handle even the most minor task before you. That is why ultimately you will absolutely need an abstract learning tome under your belt too. Warmest regards, Peter Sawczynec Technology Dir. Sun-code.com Web related services 646.316.3678 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of David Krings Sent: Wednesday, June 13, 2007 11:10 AM To: NYPHP Talk Subject: Re: [nyphp-talk] nyc php classes (night/long format) Peter Sawczynec wrote: > Get a book that shows several rudimetary projects done with classes and > step by step coding. > Being somewhat in the same boat as Jeremy, I'd be interested in any recommendations for books tthat show usage of classes. Unlike objects, I have no idea what classes can do and are there for, although I haven't really used either (I used a few objects, such as the zip object). I'm looking at a quite large project that I am likely to be allowed to do at work. I am convinced that I can accomplish it with the knowledge I have now, but why not take that opportunity and learn something new. David _______________________________________________ New York PHP Community Talk Mailing List http://lists.nyphp.org/mailman/listinfo/talk NYPHPCon 2006 Presentations Online http://www.nyphpcon.com Show Your Participation in New York PHP http://www.nyphp.org/show_participation.php _______________________________________________ New York PHP Community Talk Mailing List http://lists.nyphp.org/mailman/listinfo/talk NYPHPCon 2006 Presentations Online http://www.nyphpcon.com Show Your Participation in New York PHP http://www.nyphp.org/show_participation.php
